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...plunge and the dive are the two events in which Dartmouth is strongest, Bird and Short featuring in the former, and Carver and Weed in the latter. Bird is a remarkable plunger and in his last match missed the 75-foot mark by only 6 inches. In the racing events Dartmouth is not so strong, though Rice has shown up well in the short dashes and Roberts in the longer ones...
...troubled principally over the backfield situation, which is so critical because of the many injuries. A new possibility for a running position showed up in R. Lockwood, a third string fullback, who played brilliantly in the scrimmage. He displayed a consisent punting ability, and also showed promise as a plunger...
...opinion Captain Horween is a marvelous defensive player. The way he sized up some of our complicated trick forward passes was a surprise. He is a sure tackler, a good line plunger; a clever drop-kicker. When Owen, Churchill and Fitzgerald are in the backfield with him, it is a most formidable combination...
...scrimmage most of the afternoon and showed noting to contradict the statement that go substitute material is going to be one Roper's great problems. The signal practice run through by the first team winmarked by the first appearance in the line-up of Garrity, last year's life plunger, and the man whose clever interference was directly responsible for Scheerer's winning touchdown again Yale last November...
Captain Ray Smith is the most dangerous player on the visiting line-up, and his two years of University experience have developed him into the best line-plunger in the Pine Tree State. Ginsberg, at quarter, is another veteran, and will give trouble to the Crimson ends who will have the responsibility of cutting down his usual long run-backs of punts. Lord, the rangy center, is ranked with Smith and Ginsburg as one of the "big three" of the Maine outfit. Two other veterans are Barron, end, and Young, right halfback...